Tune vs Smart DJ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tune
Discover new music by swiping on songs you like or dislike. Connect with friends to see their music tastes and share tracks. Explore curated playlists and an underground mode for emerging artists.
- Swipe-based music discovery
- Social music sharing
- Underground mode for indie artists
- Curated playlists
- Save liked songs
- Direct messaging for songs
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Find your Tune. Swipe right on songs you love, left on the ones you don't, and watch your feed get smarter with every swipe. Just sign up and start listening. Tune Social turns music discovery into something you do with your friends, not alone in an algorithm bubble. SWIPE TO DISCOVER Hear a track, decide in seconds. Our recommendation engine learns your taste fast and keeps surprising you with music you'd never find on your own. UNDERGROUND MODE Tired of hearing the same charting songs everywhere? Switch on Underground Mode to surface rising and independent artists before they blow up. FOLLOW FRIENDS & SEND DMs See what your friends are swiping on, follow people with great taste, and send songs straight to someone's DMs. CURATED PLAYLISTS Browse playlists curated by genre and artist, from hip-hop and indie to rock, R&B and beyond. SAVE YOUR FINDS Keep every song you swipe right on in one place, or link your streaming account to send your finds straight to your library. Download Tune Social and find the song you didn't know you needed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thetuneapp.com/privacy-policy
Smart DJ
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Stop picking playlists. Start listening. Smart DJ decides what to play so you don't have to — a different mode for a different moment, on whichever music service you already use. Five ways to play • Today's Schedule — assign a mode to every day of the week (Monday could be Favorites, Friday could be Discovery) • Random — shuffles across your eligible playlists • Favorite — pulls from playlists you've marked as favorites • Discovery Station — your personalized Apple Music or Spotify discovery mix, played right in the app • New Music Station — the latest releases picked for you Works with your music service Smart DJ connects directly to Apple Music or Spotify — whichever you already use. Switch between them anytime in Settings. Everywhere you are Smart DJ runs natively on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, with your favorites, history, and weekly schedule synced automatically through your own iCloud account. In the car, it's built into CarPlay too. Remembers, but doesn't nag Smart DJ keeps a short history of what it's played so it doesn't repeat itself right away — and every December, it automatically makes room for your Christmas playlists. Built for Siri Ask Siri to play Smart DJ, or trigger any of the five modes directly as a Shortcut. Your data stays yours Smart DJ has no account system, no analytics, and no ads. Your playlists and preferences sync privately through your own iCloud account — we never see them. Full privacy policy available in-app. Pick your service. Set your schedule. Let Smart DJ take it from there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart DJ at none against Tune's 2. Tune's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tune sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Smart DJ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tune | Smart DJ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobajo Labs, LLC | Matthew Scott |
In-app purchases
Tune
- Tune Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Tune Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
Smart DJ
No in-app purchases









